Highest piezoelectric value of any polymer composite found for polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) carbon fullerene (C60) composites

Best Piezoelectric Composites

How Chemicals Became Weapons
Looking at the dawn of chemical warfare 100 years ago and the controversial role of Fritz Haber

Safer and Greener Antifreeze
Food additive, propylene glycol, together with an additive could serve as a safer, more environmentally friendly antifreeze

Jacqueline K. Barton Awarded the Priestley Medal
The highest honor of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has been awarded to Professor Jacqueline K. Barton, USA

Sweet and Healthy Chocolate
Cocoa pulp pre-conditioning by pod storage and roasting duration could make chocolate more healthful and sweeter

New Saddle-shaped Conjugated Molecules
New aromatic saddle-shaped polycyclic arenes containing two heptagons synthesized

Heterosubstituted Arenes Through C-H Activation
First ortho-amination/ipso-functionalization of aryl iodides

pH Sensing Goes Photoacoustic
A simple dye, Nitrazine Yellow, is found to be an excellent pH reporter for photoacoustic imaging

Chirality Sensors for NMR Spectroscopy
Chiral palladium pincer complexes are used as amine chirality sensors based on 19F NMR signal changes

Potential Environmental Risks of Graphene Oxide
Graphene oxide reacts to persistent photoproducts under simulated sunlight